Overview:
Amiga 68k port of Exult.
As computers evolve, we risk losing classic games from the not-so-distant past.
One of these, Ultima 7, an RPG from the early 1990's, still has a huge
following, and many consider it to be one of the most immersive games ever
produced. Exult is a project to recreate Ultima 7 for modern operating systems,
using the game's original plot, data, and graphics files.
Requirements:
1) An AGA Amiga with a fast 68060 processor
2) AHI installed (v4.18 recommended)
3) 3.1 ROMS (3.0 ROMS may cause it to run slowly)
4) A copy of the PC game data files
Features:
* AGA SDL port
* MIDI support
* AHI Sound support
* OGG compressed audio support
* Fullscreen and window mode support
Configuration Options:
You must run Exult from the Workbench, running from the Shell is not supported.
The AHI device used will be the one configured in your AHI Prefs (Unit 0).
You will need to install the CAMD library if you want to use an external MIDI
device.
The default game data install directories are 'Games:Exult/serpentisle' and
'Games:Exult/blackgate'.
If you decide to use different game data directories then you'll need to update
the 'exult.cfg' file to match.
You can set the thread priority of both the AHI device and the MIDI device using
the 'exult.cfg' file.
The tooltype 'CLOSE_WB' can be used to close the Workbench (3.1 ROMS
recommended).
The tooltype 'DISPLAY_MODE' can be used to set your display mode (PAL or NTSC).
Performance Considerations:
1) If you have a Blizzard/Apollo you should really be using BlizKick/RemApollo
to get most speed out of your Amiga.
2) Fast File System is actually not, use PFS3 instead.
3) Stick with v4.18 of AHI as the later versions without the 'FAST' modes are
slower.
4) Running in a window will be very slow (use fullscreen modes instead).
5) OGG compressed audio is very demanding, MIDI will be much faster and sound
better.
Limitations:
1) None
Version History:
1.4.9.016 - Fixed up mouse handling (SDL fix).
1.4.9.015 - Minor memory fixes
1.4.9.014 - Changed fallback screen mode to 640x480 from 320x200
1.4.9.013 - Fixed the 8 bit windowed mode 1.4.9.012 - Added ability to control
the thread priority for both the audio mixer and MIDI device
Links:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=1048849 (Exult thread on EAB)
http://exult.sourceforge.net/index.php (Exult site)
Thanks and acknowledgements:
Exult team!